Re: [PATCH] ethernet :mellanox :mlx4: Replace pci_pool_alloc by pci_pool_zalloc

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 12:36 AM, Sergei Shtylyov
[off-list ref] wrote:

Hello.

On 11/28/2016 04:28 PM, Souptick Joarder wrote:

quoted

In mlx4_alloc_cmd_mailbox(), pci_pool_alloc() followed by memset will be
replaced by pci_pool_zalloc()

Signed-off-by: Souptick joarder <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c

b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
index e36bebc..ee3bd76 100644

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c

@@ -2679,14 +2679,13 @@ struct mlx4_cmd_mailbox

*mlx4_alloc_cmd_mailbox(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
        if (!mailbox)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

-       mailbox->buf = pci_pool_alloc(mlx4_priv(dev)->cmd.pool,
GFP_KERNEL,
+       mailbox->buf = pci_pool_zalloc(mlx4_priv(dev)->cmd.pool,
GFP_KERNEL,
                                      &mailbox->dma);

   You need to realign he continuation line now, the way it was aligned in
the original code.

Ok, I will do that.

MBR, Sergei